The first of three portraits of great 19th-century prima donnas in words and music by PEGGY BRANFORD
(1808-36)
Narrator Ian Holm
Maria Malibran came from a gifted musical family. Her father was the original Count
Almaviva in Rossini's The Barber of Sevilte, her brother became renowned singing teacher, and her younger sister, as Pauline Viardot , had a success almost as splendid as her own. But Malibran was undoubtedly the most gifted of all 19th-century singers. acclaimed by the great composers of the day. with JILL BALCON , BRIAN CARROLL , YSANNE CHURCHMAN
GODFREY KENTON , DAVID TIMSON and LOCKWOOD WEST.
Producer ALAN HAYDOCK (Revised repeat)